As Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s armies prepared to leave Atlanta
and embark on their march to Savannah in early November 1864, a Federal
captain wrote of the efforts to extinguish anything of military value to
the South. He especially observed Federal engineers “detailed to
destroy the depots and public buildings in Atlanta.”

Moving toward
the city, Sherman’s forces tore up the rails of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad. Since Sherman planned to break from his supply line
and live off the land, he no longer needed the rails.

Along the W&A from Dalton to Atlanta,
today’s I-75 corridor, any structure deemed of military value received
the torch — like a large part of Marietta’s square, which burned on Nov.
13. Coining a phrase that he would repeat during the advance on
Savannah, Sherman — while watching the buildings of Marietta burn — told
one of his aides, “I never ordered burning of any dwelling – didn’t
order this, but can’t be helped. I say Jeff. Davis burnt them.”

While the Centers for Disease Control has removed from its website a
warning that Ebola can be spread through sneezing, the World Health
Organization has just issued new guidelines for health workers that
specify protective equipment should be worn to protect the mouth, nose
and eyes from contaminated droplets and fluids.

The WHO guidelines are based on a review of care of Ebola patients, the U.N. agency said.

Meanwhile, Friday, the CDC website removed a “Fact Sheet”
posted Thursday that stirred controversy by admitting after weeks of
apparent denial that Ebola can be spread by coughing and sneezing.

The WHO said the Guidelines Development Group it convened included
participation of a wide range of experts from international
organizations, including the CDC, Doctors without Borders and the
Infection Control Africa Network.

Parents of a boy enrolled in Manhattan Beach Middle School are
pulling their son out of class because the school is teaching children
the tents of Islam, Los Angeles news station KTLA reports.

The father said, “The audacity of this school, to think that they can
sit these children down and teach ’em whatever religion they please;
it’s preposterous. This is illegal, basically. You can’t teach religion
in schools any more, but apparently, in this particular school, at
least, that’s not the case.”

Parents said they discovered that what their children were learning
about Islam was more about the tenets of the faith than the history of
the religion, according to KTLA. One question asked the students to
write down teachings from the Koran.

The father continued, “What I saw written in these bubbles was, ‘The
one true God, Allah’ in one of the bubbles. In one of the other bubbles
was ‘All people must submit to Allah,’ in another bubble. The I turned
the page over and I see the five pillars of Islam.”

The parents assert that the students should be taught the history
behind the religions, whether it is Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, or
others, but not the tenets of the faith.

The federal government has spent at
least $20 billion in taxpayer money this year on items and services that
it is permitted to keep secret from the public, according to an
investigation by the News4 I-Team.

The
purchases, known among federal employees as “micropurchases,” are made
by some of the thousands of agency employees who are issued
taxpayer-funded purchase cards. The purchases, in most cases, remain
confidential and are not publicly disclosed by the agencies. A sampling
of those purchases, obtained by the I-Team via the Freedom of
Information Act, reveals at least one agency used those cards to buy
$30,000 in Starbucks Coffee drinks and products in one year without
having to disclose or detail the purchases to the public.

Sooner or later criminals are going to learn that crime in a nation where lawful gun ownership is on the rise is a very bad idea.

First, deputies say came the sound of rocks on the window of a home in the Humble/Atascocita area.
Next came the 911 call from a frantic homeowner saying someone was
trying to break into his home just after noon. A couple of minutes later
came the call that the would-be burglars were in his home, and that he
had a shotgun.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says he
would be willing to repeal Obamacare with a simple majority if he takes
over as majority leader in January, his spokesman told the Washington Examiner on Thursday.

The announcement comes just days before Tuesday's midterm
congressional election, in which Republicans have a strong chance of
seizing the upper chamber from the Democrats and putting the Kentucky
senator in charge.

With the current Coyote and the vast aftermarket, Mustang owners truly have it all.
Want
500, 600, or 700 hp? No problem—dial up your favorite boost maker, add
headers and a tune, and floor it! Want your Pony to pounce like a
scalded cat on the strip, street, or open road course?

Swap on sticky
tires, grab your helmet, and away you go. Today, finding amazing
packages designed to make your car fast is easy. Proof can be found in
the lineup of Q-Series Steeda Ford Mustangs.

We recently put over
2,000 miles on this '14 650hp supercharged beast and had a blast
covering every mile. The stunning looks and tire-frying power kept us
grinning, the Steeda suspension kept us glued to the tarmac. We even
knocked down 22.9 mpg on the highway on our adventure to Mustang Week in
South Carolina, and we weren't even trying.

Imagine that the Federal Reserve wants to increase the price of suntan
lotion. There are 10 bottles of Hawaiian Tropic for sale at the cabana.
The Fed buys one per hour until it owns nine. Each time it acquires one,
the price for the remaining bottles rises because people who don’t want
to get sunburned are competing for the dwindling supply. Now that just
one bottle is left, the Fed stops buying. Would you expect the price of
the last bottle to fall suddenly? No—there’s still lots of demand and
constricted supply. Same with bonds. The price of bonds should stay
high—and yields stay low—as long as the Fed hangs onto its huge
inventory.

Remembrance

To die for one’s country is not only an act of bravery, it is THE act of bravery. For soldiers, it is just an extension of their military career, a part of their duty. As leaders have asked their soldiers to sacrifice themselves for the good of the society, it is only right for leaders to go through the same motion. They should practice what they have preached.

As war is seen as a noble act, tu sat serves as redemption in case of defeat. It is also a way to tell the enemy: “You might have won the battle/war but you don’t deserve to win because you don’t have the chinh nghia (just cause).” And it is not only just cause: it is the moral belief that the cause they are fighting for deserves their total sacrifice. Continues below

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Core Creek Militia

==============================My sixth great grandfather, his wife, and five of his six children were killed in battle with the Tuscarora Indians at Core Creek, NC.

The Seven Blackbirds

==============================My third great grandfather was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War, and saved his unit's flag after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine. He was also at Kingston (Kinston), Wilmington, Charleston, Two Sisters and Augusta. He was at the defeat at Brier Creek and also Bee Creek.

Requiem Aeternam -
Eternal Rest Grant unto Them
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My second great grandfather was killed in action on May 3, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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My great grandfather and great uncle knew all the men in the "Civil War Requiem" video as they were part of the 53rd NC which was the sole unit defending Fort Mahone. (Fort Mahone was named "Fort Damnation" by the Yankees) *Handpicked men of the 53rd (My great grandfather was one of these) made the final, night assault at Petersburg in an attempt to break Grant's line. This was against Fort Stedman which was a few miles to the slight northeast. They initially succeeded, but reinforcements drove them back. This video is made from photographs which were taken the day after the 53rd evacuated the lines the night before to begin the retreat to Appomattox. I have many more pictures taken by the same photographer, one of these shows a 14 year old boy and the other is the famous picture of the blond, handsome soldier with his musket.
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*General Gordon promised the men a gold medal and 30 days leave if they accomplished their task and many years after the War my great grandfather wrote General Gordon, who was then governor of Georgia about this incident. They exchanged several letters which I have framed. See first link below.
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*The Attack On Fort Stedman
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"His Colored Friends"
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Lee's Surrender
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My Black NC Kinfolks
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Punished For Being Caught!

Great Grandfather Koonce

He was a drummer boy in the WBTS, survived the War only to die a few years later. He was caught in an ice storm on his way home, but instead of seeking shelter, continued on his horse until the end. His clothes had to be cut off and he died a few days later.